Date and time: Tuesday 30 June, 10:00-11:00 GMT+1 / UK time; 11:00-12:00 CET
Speakers: Professor Laura Lundy (Queen’s University Belfast) and Marta Kuljon (European Commission).
Chair: Elise Uberoi (UK House of Commons Library and IPEN Executive Team)
Details: Many parliaments have programmes focusing on children’s education, and some have youth parliaments, but fewer have developed systematic ways to gather the views of children on policy issues and feed these into their debates, legislation and scrutiny work. This seminar is designed as an opportunity to think through the benefits of using children’s views better, as well as potential risks, and practical ways of engaging with children to get the most from these interactions.
Professor Lundy’s model of child participation has been adopted by national and international governments and organisations. This model offers a way of practically embedding children’s right to participate, focusing both on helping children to express their views, and ensuring these have an impact. Professor Lundy will introduce her model and highlight its relevance to parliaments.
Marta Kuljon will talk about her experience of working with Professor Lundy to embed this model in the processes of the EU Children’s Participation Platform set up by the European Commission. She will comment on how it works in practice, including any challenges and outcomes so far.
This will be followed by a Q&A.
The seminar will take place in IPEN’s MS Team. If you are a member of IPEN, you will receive a calendar invite for it.
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